Instrument-holder



G. M. THOMAS.

INSTRUMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION LED MAR. 4. 1919.

1,321,951. PatentedNov. 1511919.

GEORGE M. THOMAS, OF CLEVELND, OHIO.

IN STRUMEN T HOLDER.

1,321 951. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 18, 1919Application fi1ed March 4, 1919. Seral No. 280,649.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE M. TIIOMAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cieveland, in thebounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usefu1 Improvements in Instrument- Holders, ofwhich the following is a spccification.

This invention relates to supports particularly adapted and intended forsupporting a counting machine on the post of a telephone, althoughcapable of use in any other relation where it is desired to support aninstrument such as a counter or the like, in a convenient position foroperation.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of the device applied to the telephonestandard.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 4: indicates the standard or post of a telephonetransmitter. The de- Vice is made in two parts, indicated at 1 and 2respectiveiy. Each of these parts has a curved jaw 3, adapted to embracethe post 4, the parts being fastcned together by a screw 5, extendingthrough a connecting neck adjacent to the jaws. The rear part 2 is cupshaped, and the front part 1 is simiiar]y shaped to match therewith atits edges, and to form a holder for the counting instrument or similardevice, indicated at 7. The front of part 1 has an opening 8 to exposethe face of the instrument, and at the top 'the mect ing edges of thesections have recesses 9 which register to form an opening for thestem10 of the instrument. The hody of the holder is disposed at an angleso that the instrument may be conveniently read.

If used on a telephone, it Will be especiafly serviceabie forregistcring the munber of phone caiis, the counting instrument heingoperated at the time the phone is used. Tire holder can be cheaply madeby pressing its parts from sheet metal, and quickiy applied to the phoneor other support by means of the screw 5.

I claim:

1. An instrument holder comprising two sections faste1ied together, eachsection haV-' ing a jaW adapted to grip a support, and one sectionhaVing an opening through which the face of the instrument may he seen.

2. An instrument holder comprising a pair of cupped sections securedtogether, each section having a jaw at one side therecf adapted to gripa support, and one section having an opening through which the face ofthe instrument may he secn.

8. An instrument holder comprising a pair of cupped sections Which 1neetat the rims thereof, to inciose an instrument, said sections beingfastened t0gether and having jaws at one side t0 embrace a support, oneof the sections having an opening through Which the face of theinstrument may be.

seen. In testimony whereof, I aifi'x my s.-zignature 111 presence of tWoW1tnesSeS.

GEORGE M. incarne.

Witnesses JOHN A. Bommnmnrr, ROBERT L. BRUCK.

